Side Dish

Creamy Tomato-Basil Pasta with Chicken

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prep time

30 min

total time

30 min

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4 servings, 1/4 recipe (372 g) each

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What You Need

3 cups penne pasta, uncooked

1/4 cup Kraft Sun-Dried Tomato & Oregano Dressing, divided

4 small boneless skinless chicken breasts (1 lb./450 g)

1 cup 25%-less-sodium chicken broth

1/2 tsp. each garlic powder and black pepper

125 g (1/2 of 250-g pkg.) Philadelphia Light Brick Cream Cheese Spread, cubed

2 cups grape tomatoes

1/4 cup Kraft 100% Parmesan Grated Cheese

8 fresh basil leaves, cut into strips

Make It

COOK pasta as directed on package, omitting salt. Meanwhile, heat 2 Tbsp. dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken; cover. Cook 5 to 6 min. on each side or until done (170ºF). Remove chicken from skillet; cover to keep warm.

ADD remaining dressing, broth and seasonings to skillet; cook 3 to 4 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Add cream cheese spread; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until cream cheese is melted and mixture is well blended. Stir in tomatoes; cook 3 min., stirring frequently.

DRAIN pasta. Add to ingredients in skillet with Parmesan and basil; mix well. Serve topped with chicken.

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Serve with a crisp green salad tossed with your favourite Kraft Dressing.

Creamy Tomato-Basil Pasta with Shrimp

Prepare as directed, substituting farfalle (bow-tie pasta) for the penne and uncooked deveined peeled medium shrimp for the chicken, cooking shrimp in the dressing 5 to 6 min. or until shrimp turn pink, stirring frequently. Remove shrimp from skillet; cover to keep warm. Add remaining dressing, broth and seasonings to skillet; continue as directed.

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This recipe is AWESOME!! I've made it several times now and love it. The combination of flavours is superb. I'll confess its not as good heated up as left overs but the flavours from a fresh batch again, is simply awesome. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
posted by matt_fraser | on 3/2/2013

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Not our favourite Kraft recipe...but very good! No basil , so I used fresh oregano and that was good! I also added more chicken. I agree with the previous rather about being dry the next day. I made 1/2 cup of chicken stock, 1 tbsp of dressing and some more cream cheese. I heated on top of the stove and threw the pasta in to heat up...good then!
posted by JackiePB | on 1/27/2013

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The recipe was fairly easy to make, and very tasty if eaten immediately. However, I tried to reheat it the next day and it was dry. I had to add extra cream cheese to the pasta to make it pallatable. Not my favourite, but ok.
posted by Gabber01 | on 9/3/2012

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This was absolutely delicious and so easy to make! Definitely will be a keeper. I did only use 2 chicken breasts and less pasta than it called for as there are only 2 of us. We like lots of sauce so for us, if I was making it for 4 I would double the sauce amount. Otherwise it was perfect!
posted by a cook | on 8/31/2012

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It was an awesome recipe, restaurant quality. I made the recipe using the bow tie pasta and shrimp as suggested at bottom of recipe. Next time I will add more shrimp, and maybe add a bit more chicken broth so the cream is a little bit thinner.
posted by dallison | on 8/30/2012

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Absolutely delicious! This dish was quite easy to make and honestly tasted like a pasta dish you would get in a restaurant!! I used less grape tomatoes and basil then called for (personal preference) but added more dressing when frying the chicken - was delicious and will definitely make this again and again!!
posted by Jennifer_luvs_2cook | on 7/18/2012

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Delicious! It turns out perfect everytime and everyone in my family absolutely loves it!
posted by a cook | on 5/22/2012

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very tender
posted by alicep01 | on 10/2/2011

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Awesome recipe! I have made this a few times, I swap out the penne for rotini (personal preference), and switch the tomatoes for red pepper. Love love love! Make this for dinner! :)
posted by vdraycott | on 8/18/2011

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very yummy. my husband was so impressed. It was a litle on the runny side but I didn't add the full amount of cream cheese either so that may have been why. I will make this again.
posted by a cook | on 7/15/2011